In the three years following the Great Recession, the number of Bay State residents reporting at least $1 million in annual income skyrocketed, the amount of their collective earnings bumping up against the $50 billion threshold in 2012 alone.

According to the state's Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation, there were 1,243 data breaches reported by businesses, nonprofits and government entities operating in Massachusetts in 2014. That number was down 21 percent from the prior year's record total of 1,555.

As of this week some 336 municipalities had been given the green light to increase, decrease or leave frozen their levy rates on all forms of property within their borders. And as always, a few interesting story lines have emerged.

The city logged roughly 40,000 records related to health-code violations at local restaurants during the 12-month period that ended Sept. 1, a stomach-turning accomplishment that saw thousands of cases reported in each of its distinct neighborhoods.

A Boston Business Journal analysis has highlighted wide disparities in the average property-tax bills paid by homeowners throughout the commonwealth, with many communities in the wealthier suburbs around Boston posting average levies that are two-to-three times the state median of $3,533.

​In 2008, only 3.4 percent of law firm partners in Boston were minorities, compared to 5.9 percent nationwide. Last year, only 3.8 percent of Boston partners were minorities, versus an average of 7.1 percent across the country.